Heidelberg – a strong economic location

Heidelberg is one of three metropolises of the Rhine Neckar Metropolitan Region. Renowned international companies such as ABB, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen, HeidelbergCement, Henkel, Lamy, ProMinent, SAP and SAS characterize the economic profile of the city. The Heidelberg Technology Park hosts over 70 companies and is one of the three most important biotechnology centres in Germany.

Heidelberg - City of Science and Research

Heidelberg is where the future is shaped: Ruperto Carola has been distinguished twice as an elite university and is one of the leading universities in the world. The Academy of Sciences and numerous major international research institutions are based in Heidelberg, among them the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and four Max Planck Institutes.  

Bahnstadt – city district of the future

2500 flats and 7000 jobs, mainly in the field of science, are planned in the new Bahnstadt city district which will be bigger than the Old Town. New Technology Park Campus II will also be established there. Young people from all around the world who will do research, live and teach there will give our new city district an international, world-open face.  
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Family Campaign

Mothers and fathers coming not just from Heidelberg but from all over the world have not only excellent job prospects in Heidelberg but also high-quality child care. Already now the child care provision for under three-year-olds is higher here than the German average – and it will become even better. 

Climate and nature protection

In 2010 Heidelberg ranked third in Germany as 'Federal Capital of Climate Protection' with the largest European passive house settlement in the future Bahnstadt city district, and in 2007 first as ‘Federal Capital for Nature Protection’ due to its meritorious and pioneering action in communal nature protection. For decades, the city administration has pursued a committed environmental and nature protection policy to conserve the unique, thousand-year-old cultural landscape which has become a feature of the city.